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About Support and Privacy

What is “Supporting”?
Supporting a Thunderclap campaign is like signing a petition but with the added power of simultaneously sharing a message. You and every other supporter are standing up for an idea with the power of your voice.

How do I support?
Choose between your Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr account to grant Thunderclap permission to post a message on your behalf. That’s it! If the campaign reaches its support goal by the deadline, Thunderclap will automatically post your message and all other supporters' messages at the same time.

A note on privacy
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Billionaire
fundraiser Betsy DeVos — Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Education Department —
is unqualified and unfit for the post. Public schools need a champion. Betsy
DeVos, a billionaire fundraiser, has spent her life and vast fortune trying to
turn public education into a private marketplace.

With
a track record of fierce advocacy for vouchers and for-profit charter schools with almost
no oversight or accountability, DeVos could do genuine harm to our schools.

She
leaves a trail of devastation behind her in her home state of Michigan, where
public schools are starved for funds while charter schools, however mediocre,
are promoted.

On Tuesday, Jan. 17, the U.S. Senate will hold a confirmation hearing on DeVos.
Please join your fellow public school educators in helping to reach tens of
thousands of people that morning at the same time with a single common message.

HOW TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT:

At the top of the page, sign up to participate in this Thunderclap via
Twitter, Facebook or both.

Encourage your friends and colleagues to do the same.

On Jan. 17, watch as everyone’s messages are shared as we
tell federal lawmakers to #StopDeVos!

Nearly 1,300 participants have signed up so far for our
joint social media action! Since Betsy DeVos’ Senate confirmation hearing has been
delayed until Tuesday, Jan. 17, we’ll put off the release of the thunderclap
until that day.

Her hearing was postponed after Democrats — and education
advocates — raised concerns that the Office of Government Ethics has not yet
completed its review of DeVos’ extensive financial holdings and potential conflicts of
interest.

The United Federation of Teachers and its state affiliate New York State United Teachers are unions of educators and other professionals who care deeply about the state of public education and want only what is best for the state's public school children and the educators who have dedicated their lives to serving them.